#i cohld go through every moment that made me cry in excruciating detail

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please tell me about bonnie and clyde? i've never heard of it before!

HEYY I’M SO GLAD YOU ASKED

so it’s a musical based on the historical figures bonnie & clyde. the ones who were young and in love and attractive and robbed a bunch of banks in the 20s and 30s (depression-era usa so understandable) and have since become sort of mythologised ‘american heroes’ even tho they were. yk. criminals. and also had a fairly toxic and abusive relationship tbh

^ that’s them irl

we have lots of photos and records of them because their story was highly publicised and also because bonnie wanted to be a movie star they would like. give autographs to people while carrying out robberies and stuff <3

but the musical is soooo good – i’ve been to see it twice!!

it heavily romanticises the pair. like it’s not accurate at all. but who cares

it’s unbelievably sad tbh. and it does that thing where it makes their death seem inevitable by beginning with their death, winding back and then ending on their death.

uhh so i don’t like the broadway cast as much as i like the west end cast – clyde is played by jordan luke gage (who has also played jd from heathers and romeo from & juliet btw) and frances mayli mcann (although i saw lauren jones instead of frances both times i went) but like. LOOK AT THEM

love <3333

ok i have a post with a bunch of videos of the west end cast performing songs from it because the official recording isn’t out yet and i prefer jlg’s clyde to jeremy jordan’s clyde so here

but yeah it’s an incredible musical and i think it’s still on in the west end? can’t remember if it’s the arts theatre or the garrick theatre but it’s one of those two

also ik i talk shit about the broadway cast but DO listen to the official recording on spotify because the music genuinely slaps so hard. like it may take a few listens because i didn’t even like it that much at first but yeah (it may also take context tbh like some of them i like more because ik what was happening & how they were staged and stuff)